Direct answer: The latest live coverage and status of the “last Apollo mission” depends on how you define it, but the most widely cited recent context is Apollo 17, the final crewed Moon landing in 1972. If you meant a post-Apollo era mission (e.g., Artemis programs or private lunar landers), I can summarize the newest publicly reported developments for those as well.
Context and quick updates
- Apollo 17 remains the last manned Moon mission, with astronaut Gene Cernan as the final person to walk on the Moon in December 1972.[6]
- In recent years, attention shifted to Artemis program missions, which aim to return humans to the Moon beginning in the late 2020s; Artemis II (a crewed lunar flyby) and Artemis III (targeted Moon landing) are the current milestones in NASA’s roadmap.[2][9]
- Private lunar landers and external missions have continued to be reported, including cases like Peregrine missions and other commercially led lunar deliveries, though these are not Apollo-era missions and represent a new era of lunar exploration.[1]
If you want, I can:
- Narrow to a specific mission (Apollo 17, Artemis II/III, Peregrine, etc.) and pull the latest verified updates.
- Provide a concise timeline of the last Apollo-era activity and the key milestones since then, plus the latest Artemis program status.
Sources
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economictimes.indiatimes.comAfter over a week in space, the Artemis II crew splashed down safely off the coast of San Diego, just after 5:07 p.m. local time on Friday, April 10.
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www.ndtv.comAfter a successful lift-off early this morning, the mission - which promised to be the first US landing on the moon since 1972 - is in jeopardy after multiple problems were reported.
news.sky.comOn Dec. 7, 1972, NASA launched its last Apollo mission to the moon: Apollo 17. See photos from the historic mission here.
www.space.comApollo 17 was the first Apollo mission to include a scientist as part of the crew.
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